Bible Verses About Quotations and Allusions

They divide my garments among themselves; for my clothing they throw dice.

I will proclaim your name to my kinsmen; right there in the assembly I will praise you:

By David. A psalm: The earth is ADONAI's, with all that is in it, the world and those who live there;

Into your hand I commit my spirit; you will redeem me, ADONAI, God of truth.

By David. A maskil: How blessed are those whose offense is forgiven, those whose sin is covered!

How blessed those to whom ADONAI imputes no guilt, in whose spirit is no deceit!

Which of you takes pleasure in living? Who wants a long life to see good things?

[If you do,] keep your tongue from evil and your lips from deceiving talk;

turn from evil, and do good; seek peace, go after it!

The eyes of ADONAI watch over the righteous, and his ears are open to their cry.

But the face of ADONAI opposes those who do evil, to cut off all memory of them from the earth.

He protects all his bones; not one of them gets broken.

Don't let those who are wrongfully my enemies gloat over me; and those who hate me unprovoked -don't let them smirk at me.

For the leader. By David, the servant of ADONAI: Crime speaks to the wicked. I perceive this in my heart; before his eyes there is no fear of God.

Sacrifices and grain offerings you don't want; burnt offerings and sin offerings you don't demand. Instead, you have given me open ears;

so then I said, "Here I am! I'm coming! In the scroll of a book it is written about me.

Doing your will, my God, is my joy; your Torah is in my inmost being.

Even my close friend, on whom I relied, who shared my table, has turned against me.

For your sake we are put to death all day long, we are considered sheep to be slaughtered.

Your throne, God, will last forever and ever; you rule your kingdom with a scepter of equity.

You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of joy in preference to your companions.

If I were hungry, I would not tell you; for the world is mine, and everything in it.

Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil from your perspective; so that you are right in accusing me and justified in passing sentence.

After you went up into the heights, you led captivity captive, you took gifts among mankind, yes, even among the rebels, so that Yah, God, might live there.

Those who hate me for no reason outnumber the hairs on my head. My persecutors are powerful, my enemies accuse me falsely. Am I expected to return things I didn't steal?